Xbox One: 'Core gamers' left unhappy after Microsoft launch

Microsoft's Xbox One launch has left dedicated gamers feeling shortchanged,
but their time will come says gaming journalist Johnny Chiodini.

At an event at its US headquarters in Redmond, Washington state, the electronics giant boasted that new device’s voice and gesture controls will allow users to interact with it more naturally.

Microsoft's executives also wasted no opportunity to remind viewers that the Xbox One will integrate television for the first time, so users can move straight from TV to gaming and vice versa.

The Washington-based company also revealed a link-up with Hollywood director Steven Spielberg on a live-action TV adaptation of popular game Halo and a deal with the NFL, the governors of American Football.

For many the launch was an exciting taste of what home entertainment might become, however for gaming enthusiasts the focus on these new features has left them feeling underwhelmed.

Commenting on the fallout from the much-hyped event, Johnny Chiodini from gamespot.com said "core-gamers" were unhappy at being left with "not much to go on" in terms of new games.

However, suggesting that announcements on new games were likey to be revealed at next month's E3 video game expo, he said he believed that Microsoft were looking beyond their traditional audience because new consoles such as the Xbox One were traditionally sold at a loss.

"The idea is they want to sell so many of them they want to make that money back in software sales, so if you've got a big user base you can make your money back," Chiodini said.

"The reason they are going after people and trying to get them interested in the broad features of this console, and sell it as a real entertainment package and something for the living room and not for the gamer, is so they can have the biggest user base possible."